Disclaimer: These characters belong to Stephanie Meyers.
Chapter 8
Alice makes a gagging sound in the back of her throat. "You have only been here three weeks, and you're already flirting with my friends."
I look behind me to see Prince Charming grinning down at me, completely ignoring Alice. I do the same at first, but then her words rush back to me.
"Wait a minute. This is your stepbrother? This is your Edward?"
"Guilty," Edward replies from behind me, one hand already snaking its way around my waist. I quickly turn and push at his chest.
"Don't touch me." I put my finger in his face to show him how serious I am, but he doesn't take it that way. He rolls his eyes.
"I've already had my hands in less innocent places on your body, Bella." Of course, his voice is low and dirty, but I'm unyielding. That kiss wasn't real, and he has to know that.
"You two know each other?" Alice asks looking between us, and of course, just like the day at the beach, he answers 'yes' at the same time that I say 'no.'
After we both say our reply, he looks at me with narrowed eyes and his never wavering grin tells me he knows exactly what it is I'm thinking.
"What do you want?" I ask blatantly because obviously, it's the only way to get him to leave me alone. "Do you want to get in my pants? Is that it?"
He chuckles, looking away from me momentarily. "Is that the only thing the boys around here want from you? Because honestly Princess, you should know by now that I'm a man." He leans forward to whisper in my ear. "I want more than your pussy." That low voice is enough to give him exactly that, but I stop myself.
I clear my throat, pressing my hand lightly against his chest to push him back, only because he has rendered me immobile. I can't trust myself to step back away from him.
He honors my wishes and takes a small step back. He looks at me from underneath long thick lashes and bites down on his bottom lip. I realize then that he is waiting on a response.
"So sorry to disappoint." I clear my head and decide to pretend to be unaffected, so I shrug. "I make it a habit not to sleep with my friend's brothers."
"Lucky for you I didn't ask for that." He takes that step back into my personal space. "And trust me, if you were in my bed, the last thing we would be doing is sleeping."
And with that, he walks away. I blink twice, dazed by him, his words, his scent...
When I blink again and clear my vision, he's gone, almost as if he were never there.
I turn my attention back to Victoria and James to see that Victoria is following James around, and he is halfheartedly pleading with people to help him get away from this crazy lady that's harassing him. It's so different from the response Victoria got when it was her that was being harassed.
One man actually asked James why he didn't want Victoria touching him because she's beautiful. James responds that she's psychotic, and he's told her a million times to leave him alone. The guy laughs and walks away.
Victoria and James make their way back to face the camera head on to tell about their experiences and that's when I glance over at Alice to see her hanging up her phone.
She glances up at me, and I look away hoping she doesn't ask questions about Edward. Of course, I'm not lucky whatsoever.
"What's up with you and my stepbrother?" She asks with her attention still on the computer.
"Nothing." I quickly answer, and she looks up at me and shakes her head with a smile.
"Just fuck him already, Bella. I know you want to. I can tell."
"I am reclaiming my virginity," I tell her with a straight face, and she tries hard to keep one as well, but instead we both start hysterically laughing.
"What's so funny?" I hear Victoria ask, signaling that the experiment is over.
"Nothing." Alice and I both say at the same time as if we're in trouble.
Victoria looks between us and rolls her eyes. "What's our number, babe?" She asks Alice, who is tapping away on her computer.
Alice refreshes the page, and her eyes widen. "Holy fuck!"
"What?" Victoria asks, her eyes widening as well.
"Over ten thousand views in just an hour of live feed, and four thousand shared on social media."
"God damn it, baby, you're a genius," James says as he kisses Victoria's cheek, lifting her feet from the ground.
She giggles, and slaps his chest, "Put me down." She says and he immediately follows directions. "Any comments on what our next experiment should be?"
"Of course." Alice begins tapping away on the keys again before smiling.
"Lay it on me."